May 2016 Babies

Laundry detergent

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esmaygd01 wrote:

I'm trying to prepare for maternity leave by buying a bunch of household items while they are on sale or I have coupons. I've heard that only certain detergent brands should be used. Is this true? What brands are best? Would Tide simply clean do?

A lot of people do use dreft, but I think its a waste of money. there are really still several irritants in it. Plus, its silly to wash baby's stuff in something different because they are going to come in contact with your clothes too. I think something lie all free and clear is a good alternative and just use it on the whole families laundry

I agree on the dreft being a waste of $. I used it with my oldest who has sensitive skin and eczema - and he was itchy with it. I switched to the target up & up knockoff of it, and his skin was fine again - and better on my wallet :)

I use All for me, my hubby, and my daughter who is 3 years old. They also sell it in free and clear for sensitive skin. When my daughter was an infant I used Purex Baby, it's affordable (about $4) and smells great. I will also be using Purex Baby for this baby also! Dreft is way over the top honestly..

dreft is a waste of money. it has many known irritants. Plus, you really need to wash EVERYONES laundry in the same thing as baby is going to come in contact with eveyone elses laundry too. better to choose something like all free and clear or other lesser irritating products. i use some different natural options or homemade myself, but I had very sensitive skin for a long time an the All worked pretty well mostly.

I just use washing soda, soap flakes, and borax. Soap flakes for darks, washing soda for lights, and added borax on diapers and hubby's smelly work clothes. Laundry always comes out smelling lovely and I know there's nothing nasty on it :)

All free and clear isn't a great detergent for cleaning your clothes. We just switched from it because our clothes were coming out dingy and not clean. Tide free and gentle and Purex free and clear are good alternatives that will clean your clothes a little better. I do add water softener (calgon) because we have hard water and I add an enzyme booster (biz) to clean them better. Also, homemade detergents are not recommended because they ruin your washer and don't actually clean your clothes. There is a fb group called laundry love & science that is great at answering laundry questions :)

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